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Witnesses told authorities a man was out in his boat and talking to residents nearby when he stood up and fell backward in the water. He came up and asked for help before he disappeared in the lake. Residents tried to locate the man in the water before rescue personnel were called.

Cottages surround the lake on three sides and the southwest side is wooded. Residents spilled outside their homes as two divers started a grid search near buoys along a section of the lake.

The funeral is scheduled for Saturday at Fourth Street Missionary Baptist Church at 1 p.m.